Bring to the Lord a glad new song

Bring to the Lord a glad new song. Michael Arnold Perry* (1942-1996). These words were written early in 1973 for Parry*’s tune JERUSALEM, composed for William Blake*’s ‘And did those feet in ancient time’*. The final items of Psalm Praise were being assembled by its editor Michael Baughen*; the author, then vicar of Bitterne, Southampton, had served on the editorial group and at the eleventh hour submitted his text as a version of Psalms 149-150 combined. The full 150 items for the book had been agreed, most of them written and shaped over the previous three years. This extra text was included as Appendix 1, no.151, and printed without the music. It has since featured in a wide variety of...